2021 stimulus payments are on the way to Social Security recipients: Here's when they will arrive

[left-of-center2012]

Social Security recipients and other federal beneficiaries who don’t normally file a tax return should expect their coronavirus relief payments soon. The IRS said Tuesday that it expects payments will be sent to those beneficiaries on April 7.

The government needed updated beneficiary information to begin distributing the latest round of payments. After receiving data from the Social Security Administration on Thursday, the IRS began reviewing, validating, and testing tens of millions of records to ensure eligibility and proper calculation of the payments.

If no additional issues arise, the IRS said it expects to complete that work and to begin processing these payments at the end of this week. Because the majority of the payments will be disbursed electronically, they would be received on April 7.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2021/03/on-social-security-heres-when-your-stimulus-check-will-arrive.html

[sheshe2]

1. Funny that trump appointees are holding them up.

They didn't didn't do that then...only with Biden. I am on SS and got the last two immediately.

[Grasswire2]

3. YES!

Exactly.

[sheshe2]

4. They are just playing games with peoples lives hoping they will blame Biden.

F them.

[Grasswire2]

2. also weird because there wasn't this separate delay on the other two stimulus payments.

Those cruised right through, to the same recipients.

So this explanation really doesn't make sense.

"No additional issues"?? What might that be? Very weird.

[Tommymac]

5. Former was in charge for the last 2 - he didn't want to look bad.

This time he wants to embarrass Biden - so he had his cronies still employed in the SSA do the dirty.




And it sucks on a personal level for me - my 75 year old brother is desperately needing that money.

[sheshe2]

7. Exactly.

[sheshe2]

6. I have an idea.

You have an idea.

We all know why.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. I am on Social Security. I also file a return every year.

I got all three stimulus checks (deposits to my checking account) each time in the very first round of deposits. Don't know if that was some kind of lucky happenstance or what.

[left-of-center2012]

9. I'm 74 and on Social Security

Each stimulus took about four weeks to get to me.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Too bad we can't figure out exactly what is at work.

Do you file every year? I do. Not sure if that's the difference.

I do know from what some have posted here that not everyone has the correct information on file with Social Security, even though everyone receives their monthly benefit in some way or another.

There must be around 200 million or more eligible for the stimulus, and it's unrealistic to think that every deposit would go out the same day. These things do take time.